Why create a pitch deck for your game?
Video game pitch decks are the key to winning publisher backing for indie game developers and studios. A compelling game publisher pitch deck should offer a comprehensive overview of what you’re building: from gameplay to target audience.
If you are not sure where to start, here are a few pitch decks for successful video games that you should check out:
What are examples of successful gaming pitch decks?
14+ pitch decks that helped close publishers & funding for video games:
1) Button City 2020
2) Button City 2018
3) Beacon Pines
4) Wayward Strand
5) Backbone
6) The Flame in the Flood
7) One Lonely Outpost
8) Turbo Boom
9) Sandbox VR
10) Diablo
11) Kryptomon
12) Bear & Breakfast
13) Guacamelee!
14) Bioshock
If you’re an independent game developers seeking publishers your video game, this the perfect place to start—
This list below includes pitch decks from leading names in the gaming and eSports space like Diablo and Bioshock, or you can browse the full database here. These decks are perfect for learning more about what makes an effective pitch deck and how to create your own. When pitching your company to an investor, the deck you present is a vital part of the conversation. Use these 14+ winning pitch deck examples as inspiration when crafting your investor presentation.
Disclaimer: The examples below are the intellectual property of their owners & provided for educational purposes only.
1. Button City 2020 Pitch Deck
Year: 2020
Subliminal secured add-on financing to launch their narrative adventure game Button City with this deck.
About Button City 2020
- Product Type: Gaming
- Business Model: B2C
About the Button City 2020 Deck
- Pitch Year: 2020
- Backed by: Wings Interactive
2. Button City 2018 Pitch Deck
Year: 2018
Button City is a colorful low poly narrative adventure game about friendship and community.
About Button City 2018
- Product Type: Gaming
- Business Model: B2C
About the Button City 2018 Deck
- Pitch Year: 2018
- Backed by: Wings Interactive
3. Beacon Pines Pitch Deck
Year: 2022
Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure game set within a mysterious book.
About Beacon Pines
- Product Type: Gaming
- Business Model: B2C
About the Beacon Pines Deck
- Pitch Year: 2022
- Backed by: Fellow Traveller
4. Wayward Strand Pitch Deck
Year: 2022
Wayward Strand is a dynamic, interactive story-based game from Australian indie studio Ghost Pattern, released on PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC.
About Wayward Strand
- Product Type: Gaming
- Business Model: B2C
About the Wayward Strand Deck
- Pitch Year: 2022
- Backed by: Ghost Pattern
5. Backbone Pitch Deck
Year: 2019
Backbone is a noir role-playing indie video game developed by EggNut and published by Raw Fury.
About Backbone
- Product Type: Gaming
- Business Model: B2C
About the Backbone Deck
- Pitch Year: 2019
- Backed by: Raw Fury
6. The Flame in the Flood Pitch Deck
Year: 2014
The Flame in the Flood is a roguelike survival adventure video game developed by The Molasses Flood for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Xbox One, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch and published by Curve Digital.
About The Flame in the Flood
- Product Type: Gaming
- Business Model: B2C
About the The Flame in the Flood Deck
- Pitch Year: 2014
- Backed by: Curve Digital
7. One Lonely Outpost Pitch Deck
Year: 2022
Developed by Aurorian Studios and published by Freedom! Games, One Lonely Outpost is a space farming sim set on a barren alien planet.
About One Lonely Outpost
- Product Type: Gaming
- Business Model: B2C
About the One Lonely Outpost Deck
- Pitch Year: 2022
- Backed by: Freedom! Games
8. Turbo Boom Pitch Deck
Year: 2019
Turbo Boom! is a rally racing game developed and published by Tyre Bytes.
About Turbo Boom
- Product Type: Gaming
- Business Model: B2C
About the Turbo Boom Deck
- Pitch Year: 2019
- Backed by:
9. Sandbox VR Pitch Deck
Year: 2019 • Amount: • Round: Series A
Sandbox VR is a virtual reality startup that offers a premium, fully-immersive virtual reality experience.
About Sandbox VR
- Product Type: Other
- Business Model: B2C
About the Sandbox VR Deck
- Funding Year: 2019
- Funding Round: Series A
- Funding Raised:
- Investor Type:
10. Diablo Pitch Deck
Year: 1994
Diablo is an action role-playing video game developed by Blizzard North and released by Blizzard Entertainment in January 1997.
About Diablo
- Product Type: Gaming
- Business Model: B2C
About the Diablo Deck
- Pitch Year: 1994
- Backed by: Blizzard Entertainment
11. Kryptomon Pitch Deck
Year: 2022
Kryptomon is an NFT-powered game combines the concepts of classic games like Pokemon and Tamagotchi with ownership properties of popular NFT projects like CryptoKitties.
About Kryptomon
- Product Type: Gaming
- Business Model: B2C
About the Kryptomon Deck
- Pitch Year: 2022
- Backed by: Series A
- Funding: $10M
12. Bear & Breakfast Pitch Deck
Year: 2019
Bear and Breakfast is a management sim video game developed by Romanian studio Gummy Cat and published by Armor Games.
About Bear & Breakfast
- Product Type: Gaming
- Business Model: B2C
About the Bear & Breakfast Deck
- Pitch Year: 2019
- Backed by: Armor Games
13. Guacamelee! Pitch Deck
Year: 2013
Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer game developed by DrinkBox Studios and published by DrinkBox Studios and Activision for Xbox 360.
About Guacamelee!
- Product Type: Gaming
- Business Model: B2C
About the Guacamelee! Deck
- Pitch Year: 2013
- Backed by: Activision
14. Bioshock Pitch Deck
Year: 2002
BioShock is a 2007 first-person shooter game developed by 2K Boston (later Irrational Games) and 2K Australia and published by 2K Games.
About Bioshock
- Product Type: Gaming
- Business Model: B2C
About the Bioshock Deck
- Pitch Year: 2002
- Backed by: 2K Games
How-to create your own video game pitch deck:
Are you interested in learning how to write and design a winning pitch deck for your video game? If you’re an independent game developer or studio, you may be interested in our popular Video Game Pitch Deck template:
This professionally-designed template for game developers was crafted by pitch experts who have created slides that closed over $200M+ in deals & funding. The template is easy to customize in PowerPoint, with ready-made elements & all the essential slides to help your business stand out — download it here.